Did anyone take a look at Ms Golomb's CV ?
PhD .. biology. June 1988
MD ....... June 1989
I hope her medical opinions are better than her quickie one year medical
starter degree
Sorry for being a cynic !
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Oh My Heart! [was Down the rabbit hold]
> Anyone on statins or thinking about doing so should see this page from
> Beatrice Golomb at the University of California at San Diego. She
> studies statin side effects and the effects of lowered cholesterol on
> the elderly. This page is on side effects, common and not so common.
> <https://www.statineffects.com/info/adverse_effects.htm>
> As Charlie reported one of the lesser known side effects is on sexual
> function and he is lucky his doctor was aware of it. Many doctors are
> not aware of anything except the truly serious side effects such as the
> possibility of rhabdomyolysis (which can kill you). One of my concerns
> at the moment is a friend of mine who has recently been diagnosed with
> early stage alzheimer's. He had also been taking Lipitor for some
> period of time prior to the alzheimer's diagnosis. Unfortunately,
> another one of the lesser known side effects of statins is loss of
> memory and thinking ability including well documented cases of total
> amnesia that were eventually reversed on discontinuation of the drug. I
> have suggested to him and his wife that I thought it would be prudent to
> discuss this possibility with the doctor and to try at least a few
> months with no statins. I know they discussed it with him... but I also
> know that he's still taking Lipitor. Obviously he didn't agree. I'm
> just dumbfounded since the man has never had a heart attack.
>
> ps: Charlie might consider taking her side effects survey
> <https://www.statineffects.com/>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Chris Barker wrote:
>> Thanks, Moose (and, again, Chuck).
>>
>> According to AndrewF, I am Type A, based on my anxiety about the
>> whereabouts of Jon Mitchell when we were supposed to be meeting in
>> London last year.
>>
>> And I reckon that I could do with modifying my emotions to a certain
>> degree. But most importantly, I am now against taking statins for
>> more concrete reasons that the vague antipathy I felt a few months
>> ago.
>>
>> Bring on the butter and full-cream milk!
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 26 Jun 2010, at 02:03, Moose wrote:
>>
>> Majority snipped ...
>>
>>> His research led him to believe that two primary behaviors
>>> constituted the definition of Type A and were a major cause of CHD.
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Inappropriate anger. That is, anger out of proportion or even
>>> completely inappropriate to the apparent cause. We tended to refer
>>> to it as Free Floating Hostility.
>>>
>>> 2. Time urgency. Anxiety and strain inappropriate, often wildly so,
>>> to the true time demands on the person.
>>
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